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Happening!

FEBRUARY
Friday 4
London
Snakehips with DJs Bioux & Barbarella
The Monarch, Chalk Farm Road, Camden, London NW1 8BG. 8pm-4am

Saturday 5
London
Happening, with The Suns + John Fairhurst
The Drop, Below The Three Crowns, 175 Stoke Newington High Street, London N16 0LH. 8pm-2am

Thursday 10
London
Out Of Our Tree, with Sweet But Deadly DJs playing Garage, Beat + Psych. The Buffalo Bar 259 Upper Street, London N1 1RU. 8pm-1am

Friday 11
London
Double Shot O' Soul, spinning the best in Tamla Motown, Stax Records, Northern + Club Soul
The Drop, Below The Three Crowns, 175 Stoke Newington High Street, London N16 0LH. 8pm-4am

Sat 12
London
New Untouchables Live @ 100 Club
100 Oxford Street, London W1D 1LL
8pm-3am Adm £10/£12.50 otd
The Diddlers + live DJ's Dr Robert + Niamh Lynch

Wednesday 16
London
A Fistful of Twisted Folk III
The Old Vic Tunnels, London
Doors: 7pm Tickets: £10 adv
Tickets www.twistedfolk.com

Thursday 17
London
Deviation Street, with Sweet but Deadly DJs Playing Garage, Beat + Psych.
Alley Cat, 4 Denmark Street, London WC2H 8LP
8pm-3am

Friday 18
Bournemouth
Dollyrocker Club
The Winchester Pub, 39 Poole Hill, The Triangle, Bournemouth BH2 5BW. 9pm-Late
www.dollyrockerclub.co.uk

Saturday 26
Nottingham
The Hoochie Coochie Club, All-Dayer
Central Music Venue, 310 Huntingdon Street,Nottingham, NG1 3LH. 3pm - 3am
www.facebook.com/hoochiecoochieclub

21/22/23/24 April
London
LE BEAT BESPOKE 7, LONDON @ 229 the Venue
10 live bands including THE FLAMIN GROOVIES, ELI PAPERBOY REED, THE DRAGTONES, KING KHAN & THE SHRINES & more + International DJ Line-Up, All-nighters, Guest Clubs Go Go Girls, Cult Flicks, Eye Candy Visuals, Rare Vinyl Record Fair, Retro Market
HYPERLINK "http://www.newuntouchables.com"

PRIZES FOR SHINDIG! SUBSCRIBERS
We've got lots of goodies that will go into a prize draw for Shindig! subscribers. More info

SHINDIG! T-SHIRT
Featuring the cover image of Shindig! Annual No.3, printed in metallic silver on a black shirt. More info

HAPPENING
Saturday February 5th
'Happening' has now established itself in London as the grooviest place to sample the delights of the Shindig! universe. The leading magazine for '60s and '70s music, in conjunction with Sweet but Deadly Promotions, have made a corner of Stoke Newington, The Drop, their own little subcultural haven, inviting the best band's and DJs to stoke the sonic fires. Come meet, greet and party with like-minded souls 'til your head explodes with delight!

Live Acts (from 9pm): Headliners this month are garage beat maestros THE MASONICS with an equally exciting supporting cast of Chester's blues twangers THE SUNS, London/Nottingham fuzz-trioULYSSES STORM and opening things up for us is folkpunk singer AL BAKERThe Acid Gallery DJs Phil Istine, Nico & Charlie Salvidge will spin your world via '60s/'70s dancefloor psychedelia, garage, beat, and general rock'n'roll wondermints!

@ The Drop, Below The Three Crowns pub, 175 Stoke Newington High Street London N16 0LH. 8pm-4am, £6 entry. Buses: many. Train: Stoke Newington (from Liverpool St)

A FISTFUL OF TWISTED FOLK

On Wednesday 16th February 2011, celebrated promoters Twisted Folk will be staging the third installment of its A Fistful Of Twisted Folk events in a very special venue – London’s Old Vic Tunnels.

Presented in partnership with Magpie’s Nest, Ideas Tap and Old Vic New Voices, this special one-off event will find the cavernous venue deep beneath Waterloo Station filled with a fantastic line-up of modern folk and twisted popular music spread including sets from Dizraeli And The Small Gods, The Black Atlantic and Kidnap Alice, spread across three performance spaces.

The Old Vic Tunnels, Waterloo Station, London
Wednesday 16th February
Doors: 7 pm
Tickets: £10 adv
Tickets available from www.twistedfolk.com

DIRTY MOVIES

A new video from Dirty Water Films is out now. The promo film for Dirty Water signings The Hentchmen’s ‘Worry Converter’ is completed and available for your viewing pleasure. A video collage from official and unofficial footage of the band edited together in the spirit of the album cover designed by TJ Grech, you can see it here.

Don’t forget to check out the new video from Los Peyotes, the title track from their new LP Garage o muerte, while you’re there

Visit www.dirtywaterrecords.co.uk for more garage goodies.

BESPEAK WHEN YOU'RE BESPOKEN TO

The seventh Le Beat Bepoke weekender takes place between 22nd and 24th April and promises the usual stunning array of live acts, DJs, film screenings, markets and go-go dancers.

Friday night sees King Khan & The Shrines ably supported by Shindig! favourite The See See. Saturday afternoon features The Shoestrung, De Keefmen and The Routes performing at a Dirty Water Records showcase show while the evening slot is filled by The Dragtones and Bo Diddley tribute act The Diddlers featuring members of The Horrors. Sunday night's bill is topped by the much-talked about return of seminal US retro-rockers and Shindig! cover stars The Flamin' Groovies featuring original members Cyril Jordan and Roy Loney with support coming from brassy mod poppers DC Fontana.

The Venue, 229 Great Portland Street, London W1W 5PN
22nd/23rd/24th April
You can get your weekend tickets right now from boxoffice@229thevenue.co.uk
 or call the ticket hotline on 0207 323 7229.

UNDERNEATH THE ARCHES

This year’s Glasgow Film Festival promises to feature some Shindig!-friendly events. On Thursday 24th April The Memory Band perform the whole of Paul Giovanni’s score to the 1973 folk-horror classic The Wicker Man. The following night seminal Italian prog soundtrack merchants Goblin play a rare live set and on Saturday various Glasgow pop luminaries pay tribute to the work of Ennio Morricone in an event called Mondo Morricone.

Add a whole heap of weird and wonderful cinematic and musical happenings and it looks like a winner to us.

Visit www.glasgowfilm.org/festivalor www.thearches.co.uk/music for more info and booking details.

THAT’S NICE

And while you’re about it, why not grab one of these smart JAZZ IN ’66 t-shirts. Their original limited run has long-since sold out but they’re back and available in three colours. It could be the first sign of summer… Available here